This is a project focused on the dying and death issues in 18th-21srt century Romania. Also, this is the official blog of Dying and Death in 18th-21srt century Europe International Conference. The main aim of this blog is to improve and develop death studies in Romania and also to create a network for death scholars and for anyone interested in dying, death and cremation issues.
BE PREPARED TO BE PULVERIZED!

"Our soul is just an urn where we close, once and for all, the ashes of our lost passions !"

duminică, 3 ianuarie 2010

Crematoria and News

Cenusa Crematorium in Bucharest, but this crematorium is not functional now.

This is a picture taken inside of a crematorium from Netherlands *also a picture thanks to my friend Mieke Heessels

2. The third edition of Dying and Death in 18th-21st century Europe, International Conference, will be organized by Romanian Association for Death Studies in collaboration with Refiguring Death Rites, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Prof. Erik Venbrux accepted my proposal for this. I hope Marina Sozzi from Fondazione Fabretti, Turin, Italy will be one of the co-organizers of this conference. Very soon the call for papers for this conference will be available on this blog.

3. Also, very soon the logo of Amurg. Romanian Cremation Association and Romanian Association for Death Studies will be available thanks to my old friend Gabriel Ursut. Please visit his website: http://www.ug.webgarden.ro/menu/icoane-ortodoxe

Is it necessary a Romanian Cremation Society for sustaining and popularization this pracitce of disposal of the body in Romania?

useful websites

”Our soul is just an urn where we close, once and for all, the ashes of our lost passions”

Death, a subject which invites reflection and analysis par excellence, through the many mutations it produces, is a particular subject matter, often wrongfully given a secondary place among the scientific research interests. For this reason in particular, death cannot be considered the prerogative of just one science, although some may take a special interest in the topic. We cannot describe, understand, explain or come up with solutions to the reality of death without the joint effort of History, Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Medicine or Literature.